You Are Creating a Nursing Care Plan for a Patient

Multiple Choice

You are creating a nursing care plan for a patient who is hospitalized following right total hip replacement. What nursing action should you specify to prevent inward rotation of the patients hip when the patient is in a partial lateral position?

A) Use of an abduction pillow between the patients legs
B) Alignment of the head with the spine using a pillow
C) Support of the lower back with a small pillow
D) Placement of trochanter rolls under the greater trochanter